Elevating-truck.



M. RUCKES.

ELEVATING TRUCK.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 21 I916.

L ifissa Patented 0@t.30,1917.

I N V EN TOR. Mic/zed Rae/kw,

A TTORNE Y.

I WITNESS:

, UNITED ST MASSACH SETTS.

' Be it known that I, eitizenof the; United States of Amer ca and resident of i Chicopee, in the county of: {Hampden and State :of Massachusetts, yh Y ar znvented: certain-2 new and useful-gramm ments' in Elevating-"lrucks," 5 of: ,zwhi'ch {the {following is--a full, clear,--and-exact dSQ P' This i invention rel atesato"improvementsin that class of trucks which have becomegcomfrom the floor or ground, .:being readily transported to the place desire d thenlow ered onto the flo-or -01 ground, and ithendisengaged or freed from the en'gaging--and liftingrfieans of -the -truck.

The invention is described inconjunction with the accompanying-drawings and is set forth in the claims. I M

In the drawings truck;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the truck showing the elevatable side bars thereof and other appurtenances as in their lowered 4 position;

Figs. 3 and 4: are similar cross sectional views as taken on the line 3-3, Fig. 1, one showing the elevatable parts as in lowered position, and the other showing such parts raised for the transportation of the circular body.

In the drawings, A A representopposite lower side bars comprised in the frame of the truck, the same being united by the forward tie beam B, and said truck frame has at its forward end and between the side bars thereof, steering rollers C C and rocking or swiveling means operated through power applied to the draft handle D for causing the elevation and lowering of the opposite upper side members E E,the means for effecting the raising of the side bars, for locking such side bars in raised position,

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ering side b'ars being fully d escribed andlsliojvfn my. aforementle ed r m'gttne par .915 h i io In" heirn see tru ka l e lh ng s r arr rs G. rig dlyi ee redi-at th er sides aria themes:rortie se th .l wen de members. AA. e truek iams m dter head 'portion thereof through to the rea end 1s clear and open not only as to theg space and hs tru k frame fmmt f lw rhelt wr ndat the level fthes s memb .Qif heih'uck uta so. r a on ide a le; i an e Tth r me members b .13 connected thereto and which 101 s d wnw rd y: inside; o e i em and .b aw t e low de. b Cami l lower nd, extr mitie is h k; hQr ZQna y; i wa dly lmed te ard, bu t rm at outside of, the middle longitudi al li f th'etrucl g v p T ai -ho z ntal y assistant or fo t pieces, ,d. d, ha e secu' dlther 2 91 g u n lly aHgiHg'lbaEsQTJ, t n eredg'e of. which are downwardlyanid i wa ly inclined, being preferably: of arc contour, as show -i 'EigsfidA [Some or allfo'f 1 he.depeding o hanger members .1 b ba -ave upwa d yext f ionsiybf which are united by an integrally formed -1Stitut'e an arch shaped elevated tie for the atent and 'constitut- I body resting on the floor or ground (one being understood as indicated by the dotted circles y in Figs. 3 and 4), the truck brought forward and centrally of the object is then. backed so that the foot pieces d d and the inclined face bars 9 g are at opposite sides of the body and in the spaces between the floor and the upwardly bulging sides (see Fig.

incapable] 3), whereupon by the elevation of the side bars E E in the manner commonly practised in this class of trucks, the cylindrical object is taken aboard and bodily elevated free and clear of the floor to be transportedto itsdestination (see Fig. 4:). Then for the discharge or unloading of the object the ele- Vatable parts are lowered for a resumption of the relations indi'catedi'n Fig; 3', whereupon the truck may, without impediment, be drawn forwardly clear andflaway from theftransported piece.

The opposite longitudinal bars, the inner surfaces of which are downwardly. and inwardly inclined areadvantageous provisions by reason of theirconstituting a cradle for holding thecylindrical shaped body tobe moved in'such a manner that the latter is of lateral shifting or displace- Icl'aifmY 1.- An elevating truck comprising side frame member's'and side bars ranging with, and movable upwardly away fronn 'and downwardly into proximity to, said'mem- 'bers, and provided with" opposite pairs of "and longitudinally ranging bars respectively which are inwardly turned toward, but

terminate outside of the longitudinal median line of the truck, and arch shapedtie members,-- arranged transversely between and connected to the upper side bars.

[4. An elevatingtruckeomprisingvlower side frame members and side bars above and ranging with said frame side members and elevatable I and fdepressible relatively thereto, and rigid inverted -U-shapedi members having opposite side portions, thereof connected to the inner faces of the upper side members of, said upper side bars and can tending downwardly across and free relatively to the side frame, niembersto-proximity to'the ground level when-the said frame bars are-depressed and provided with inwardly extended projections having secured thereon" longitudinally ranging bars edgewiseterminating outside of a median 'longitudinal'line of the truck and having the lnner edges thereoi downwardly and inwardly inclined. I Signed by me at Springfield, Mass, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

MICHAEL RUCKES:

Witnesses:- 1 y G. R. Dnrscoug WM. S. BnLLows.

Ccpiesof thispatent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner '01 ratezits, Washington, D. O. 

